<p>In comparison to HYP, and more specifically Columbia, because I heard their programs in these areas are not that great, but their sci and tech make up for it. Please elaborate. thanks!</p>
<p>Here is a link to US News 2009 graduate school ranking in humanities and social sciences:
Social</a> Sciences & Humanities - Best Graduate Schools - Education - US News and World Report. You may find out Stanford actualy is either tied or better than HYP+Columbia, at least according to academic peer survey.</p>
<p>Stanford beats Columbia in political science, econimics, sociology, English, history, and psycology. Stanford wins over Columbia (6 to 0)</p>
<p>Stanford beats Harvard in sociology and psycology, loses to Harvard in political science and English. Stanford is tied with Harvard in economics and history. Overall, Stanford is tied with Harvard (3 to 3)</p>
<p>Stanford beats Yale in political science, economics, sociology, and psycology.
Yale beats Stanford in English and history. Stanford wins over Yale (4 to 2).</p>
<p>Stanford beats Princeton in political science, psycology, and sociology, is tied with princeton in economics, loses to Princeton in English and history. Overall, Stanford beats Princeton (3.5 to 2.5).</p>
<p>I realize this is graduate school department ranking. But the undergraduate ranking should be very similar if such ranking by US-News exists. US News has done both graduate school ranking and undergraduate ranking in engineering and business, the undergraduate ranking in engineering is very similar to graduate ranking in engineering. business rankings are similar. The difference is virtually ignorable.</p>
<p>Stanford is pretty much tops across the board in just about everything. Actually, among the HYPSM echelon schools, it's got the broadest and deepest ranges and levels of quality overall. To get a better range than Stanford, you'd have to meld Harvard and MIT or on the graduate level stack it up against Berkeley. Journalism isn't taught there per se, though -- a good thing, since journalism is best done by smart people who can write well not necessarily by people with a journalism degree.</p>
<p>i love your last sentence, that is so true, if only newspapers all believed that. Could I still write for the paper and stuff, is the the Daily a good college paper.</p>
<p>Sure. It's a good rag. I mean, it seems like. Study economics, study IR, and learn to write really well at Stanford. And then go overseas to a place where they speak the language/s you learned.</p>
<p>what is that supposed to mean, I am really confused! Oh, and I just realized you go to princeton, I got waitlisted, it was my top school, anyway, i digress.</p>